Missouri River above Great Falls, Gates of the Mountains — Joseph Whitehouse: July 24, 1805
On a clear, pleasant day, the party set out as usual against a very rapid current. They found a goat skin left by Captain Clark's advance party and passed a yellowish-red cliff on the north side, with cedar growing on islands and shores. In the afternoon they passed a large plain covered in prickly pear and saw abundant otter, beaver, and rabbit berries. They struggled through several bad rapids, traveled 19 miles, and camped on the plain. One deer was killed, a white bear was sighted, and many snakes were observed along the river.
a clear pleasant morning, we Set out as usal and proceeded
on. the current verry rapid, we found a goat Skin which
Cap! Clarks party had killed and left on Shore, passed a yal-
low or redish clift of rocks on N. S. Saw considerable of
ceeder on the Islands and along the Shores, in the afternoon
we passed a large plain on the N. S. the prickley pear abound
on it. Saw otter and beaver in great abundence. the willow
verry thick on the Islands and along the Shores, the Currents
still abound also the Rabit berrys, which the french call graze
the buff [graisse de hoeuf the rapid water continues all day.
Some bad rapids which it was with difficulty we passed over
them. Came 19^ ml! this day and Camped on the large
plain N.S. one deer killed this day. a white bear Seen,
pleanty of Elk sign, we Saw a great many different kinds of
Snakes along the R[iver].
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A clear, pleasant morning. We set out as usual and proceeded on. The current was very rapid. We found a goat skin which Capt Clark's (Capt. Clark's) party had killed and left on shore. We passed a yellow or reddish cliff of rocks on the north side. Saw considerable cedar on the islands and along the shores. In the afternoon we passed a large plain on the north side; the prickly pear abounds on it. Saw otter and beaver in great abundance. The willow is very thick on the islands and along the shores. The currants still abound, also the rabbit berries, which the French call graze the buff [graisse de boeuf]. The rapid water continued all day. Some bad rapids, which we passed over with difficulty. Came 19 miles this day and camped on the large plain on the north side. One deer was killed this day. A white bear was seen, and plenty of elk sign. We saw a great many different kinds of snakes along the river.
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